About Me

Tierra Verde Handmade Soap

I’m a wife, mom, and a self proclaimed soap nerd with an entrepreneurial spirit-living in Lubbock Texas, (a place best known for our expansive horizon, cotton,and as the birth place of Buddy Holly.)I guess you might say I’ve got a serious addiction to all things soap related. Come hang out, as I share my adventures in a world where chemistry meets art.

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“Homemade soap feels good: soft, rich, enveloping, soothing. The lather is dense and penetrating rather than thin and airy. It leaves an emollient film on your skin that makes it feel soft and sensuous. Homemade soap is comforting in ways which manufactured soap can never be: its look, its weight, its bulk, how it feels in your hands, looks in its dish. There is something ineffable about homemade soap. It’s not homogenized, pasteurized, deodorized, sanitized or synthesized - it’s one of a kind, every bar different, each unique. It is idiosyncratic in the way of all homemade and handmade things.”

Ann Bramson

December 29, 2012

Just listed-"Menthe" a skin bracing blend of mints;slightly tingly and very refreshing. Clean and white with flecks of green in a traditional shave round. Olive oil nurtures your skin while castor forms a satisfying lather that is given a fine slip with the help of kaolin clay. The results are a clean, aromatic shaving experience.

Each custom handcrafted brush will be topped with a 25mm Silvertip Badger Knot- (very well packed fan shaped with extra hair.)

Each
shave brush handle is hand turned with great care by us here at Tierra
Verde Handmade Soaps- most often it’s my husband, but on occasion I get
in on the action too. No two shave brush handles are exactly alike-we do
not use a duplicator and this means that each brush has slightly unique
dimensions and traits.

We opted to turn our own shave handles,
so that we could put together a truly artisan gift set for our
customers. We are learning so much about wood and the different
qualities, as well as what a truly beautiful media it is to work with.
We’ve quickly come to love and appreciate the beauty and unique nature
of each turned piece.

We purchase shaving knots that are made of
high quality Silvertip Badger hair. Silvertip comes from the neck hair
of the badger, and is very soft and suitable for men with sensitive
skin. Badger hair has been used for 100’s of years to make the very
finest shaving brushes. The bristles are hand sorted and filled-each one
is a bit idiosyncratic due to its handmade nature. Badger hair absorbs
water and is the standard for applying the most comfortable, moist and
penetrating lather.

This beautiful handcrafted shaving brush is
finished with Boiled Linseed Oil and CA(Cyanoacrylate) and polished to a
natural sheen.

December 5, 2012

Looking for gifts for the guy in your life? Check out these great finds on Etsy-featured is our Black Walnut Shave brush-have one custom made for your guy-there's still time. Black Walnut is an American Hardwood that is a lovely chocolaty brown with gold highlights-this shave brush comes equipped with our best Silvertip Badger knot (a well packed fan shaped knot with extra hair.) Cut off for custom orders to be ready by Christmas is Dec. 11. Thank you!